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- "Dave" is Dave Barry, who is a humor columnist and presidential contender.
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Icky. This exhibit is in the Twin Cities as we speak, and there are ads all over the place for it. One of the worst is on the main newspaper's websit which shows a close-up on a set of eyeballs, then the camera zooms out and you see his whole head, er, face. It's on every single article. I'm also glad they cropped the picture where they did because I'm pretty sure this is one of the anatomically correct models and that might make this require a Warning.

At the time the class went, she was 14 and wanted to be a forensic anthropologist when she grew up. The exhibit had nothing to do with her changing her career plans to now becoming a high school psychologist.

I left the 'one ball left' alone until Wyo saw it, but that was hilarious!

The whole body to science thing does bug me. I refused to go see this when it was here, having spent way too much time around that stuff. I know there's a theoretical educational purpose, but, to me, it is sliding down the expolitation slope. I used to teach Human Anatomy and I encouraged the students to personalize the, ahem, subjects, to keep them from wandering down the paths towards practical jokes. I love practical jokes, but these folks don't have the opportunity to laugh it off!

Good one, Red. FYI, I believe I'm correct that this exhibit started in Jacksonville, then moved to Tampa. It has been huge. I was visiting some friends over the weekend and they told me about having gone and what the crowds were like. It's getting people in the doors.

I seem to remember reading (And I swear I am making this up)! where this particular basketball-playing body came from.

The donor used to work for Los Almos Research Center, where he stress-tested airplane components against bird impacts ("birdstrikes") by firing frozen chickens out of a large tube at very high speeds, using compressed air as a propellant.

The man was killed when the gun accidently discharged, striking him with a 7 pound pullet-surprise.

Doctor:We have good news, and we have bad news.
Patient: What's the good news?
Doctor: Your operation was a success.
Patient: What's the bad news?
Doctor: You're dead.
Patient: Ok, but will I be able to play basketball again?
Doctor:Absolutely. Why, people will even pay to see you play.

Dexter's had a little work done, yes he did
Dexter's had a little work done, yes he did
you know he's been dipped in plastic
and don't he look fantastic?
tho' his face-lift was a little drastic, yes it was